Stock markets trade lower in early trade amid persistent foreign fund outflows, tariff jitters

Equity benchmark Indices Sensex and Nifty declined early trade on Friday (August 8, 2025) amidst shocks related to non-stop foreign funds outflows and tariffs.

In the initial trade, the 30-chair BSE Sensex decreased from 242.24 points to 80,381.02. 50-Sare NSE Nifty dropped 54.85 points, at 24,541.30.

From Sensex FIMMS, Bharti Airtel, Infosys, India Electronics, Anant, Axis Bank and HDFC Bank Lagards.

However, Titan, Bajaj Finance, NTPC and Bajaj Finserv were among the beneficiaries.

According to exchange data, foreign institutional investors (FII) launched a price of ₹ 4,997.19 crore on Thursday (August 7, 2025). Domestic institutional investors (DII), however, bought shares of ₹ 10,864.04 crore in previous trade.

“The market is technically and fundamentally weak. From a fundamental point of view, there are no signs of rapid rise in earnings for FY2 26 yet. These weak indicators, with a relatively high evaluation in India, are triggering continuous sales by FIIs,” VK Vijaykumar, the main investment strategic, geojit, zijjit, zijas.

“Yesterday’s sharp 250 points were recovered in the Nifty due to strong purchases from low levels of ₹ 10,864 crore from DIIs. In the current context of negative emotions in the market due to tariff clashes between India and the US, the FIS is likely to continue to be sold in the cash market.

The initial 25% tariff declared by the US on Indian imports was implemented on Thursday (August 7, 2025).

In the Asian markets, Japan’s Nikkei 225 index and Shanghai’s SSE Composite Index were quoted in a positive field, while South Korea’s Kospi and Hong Kong’s Hong Seng did less business.

The US markets ended on a mixed note on Thursday (August 7, 2025).

Global Oil Benchmark Brent crude from 0.69% to $ 66.42 per barrel.

On Thursday (August 7, 2025), Sensex increased by 79.27 points or more than 0.10%to organize 80,623.26. The Nifty rose 21.95 points or 0.09%to 24,596.15.